Unitarizable massless fields of higher order and higher spin

1991 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1586-1590
Author(s):  
W. F. Heidenreich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Order ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Massless Fields

scholarly journals Matter-free higher spin gravities in 3D: Partially-massless fields and general structure

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Grigoriev ◽  
Karapet Mkrtchyan ◽  
Evgeny Skvortsov
Keyword(s):  
General Structure ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Massless Fields

scholarly journals ANTI-DE SITTER GRAVITY FROM BF–CHERN–SIMONS–HIGGS THEORIES

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (32) ◽  
pp. 2095-2103 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLOS CASTRO
Keyword(s):  
Isometry Group ◽  
Star Product ◽  
Constant Term ◽  
Higgs Potential ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Potential Term ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Noncommutative Gravity ◽  
Chern Simons ◽  
Massless Fields

It is shown that an action inspired from a BF and Chern–Simons model, based on the AdS4 isometry group SO(3,2), with the inclusion of a Higgs potential term, furnishes the MacDowell–Mansouri–Chamseddine–West action for gravity, with a Gauss–Bonnet and cosmological constant term. The AdS4 space is a natural vacuum of the theory. Using Vasiliev's procedure to construct higher spin massless fields in AdS spaces and a suitable star product, we discuss the preliminary steps to construct the corresponding higher-spin action in AdS4 space representing the higher spin extension of this model. Brief remarks on noncommutative gravity are made.

scholarly journals AdS3/AdS2 degression of massless particles

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Alkalaev ◽  
Alexander Yan
Keyword(s):  
Massless Particle ◽  
Higher Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Spin Representation ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Finite Spectrum ◽  
Branching Rules ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Massless Fields ◽  
Kaluza Klein

Abstract We study a 3d/2d dimensional degression which is a Kaluza-Klein type mechanism in AdS3 space foliated into AdS2 hypersurfaces. It is shown that an AdS3 massless particle of spin s = 1, 2, …, ∞ degresses into a couple of AdS2 particles of equal energies E = s. Note that the Kaluza-Klein spectra in higher dimensions are always infinite. To formulate the AdS3/AdS2 degression we consider branching rules for AdS3 isometry algebra o(2,2) representations decomposed with respect to AdS2 isometry algebra o(1,2). We find that a given o(2,2) higher-spin representation lying on the unitary bound (i.e. massless) decomposes into two equal o(1,2) modules. In the field-theoretical terms, this phenomenon is demonstrated for spin-2 and spin-3 free massless fields. The truncation to a finite spectrum can be seen by using particular mode expansions, (partial) diagonalizations, and identities specific to two dimensions.

scholarly journals A compendium of sphere path integrals

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.T. Albert Law
Keyword(s):  
Standard Procedure ◽  
Path Integrals ◽  
Symmetric Tensor ◽  
Arbitrary Spin ◽  
Tensor Fields ◽  
Arbitrary Integer ◽  
Integer Spin ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Detailed Derivation ◽  
Massless Fields

Abstract We study the manifestly covariant and local 1-loop path integrals on Sd+1 for general massive, shift-symmetric and (partially) massless totally symmetric tensor fields of arbitrary spin s ≥ 0 in any dimensions d ≥ 2. After reviewing the cases of massless fields with spin s = 1, 2, we provide a detailed derivation for path integrals of massless fields of arbitrary integer spins s ≥ 1. Following the standard procedure of Wick-rotating the negative conformal modes, we find a higher spin analog of Polchinski’s phase for any integer spin s ≥ 2. The derivations for low-spin (s = 0, 1, 2) massive, shift-symmetric and partially massless fields are also carried out explicitly. Finally, we provide general prescriptions for general massive and shift-symmetric fields of arbitrary integer spins and partially massless fields of arbitrary integer spins and depths.

scholarly journals Notes on Higher-Spin Diffeomorphisms

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 508
Author(s):  
Xavier Bekaert
Keyword(s):  
Vector Fields ◽  
Differential Operators ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Rigorous Definition ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Mathematical Literature

Higher-spin diffeomorphisms are to higher-order differential operators what diffeomorphisms are to vector fields. Their rigorous definition is a challenging mathematical problem which might predate a better understanding of higher-spin symmetries and interactions. Several yes-go and no-go results on higher-spin diffeomorphisms are collected from the mathematical literature in order to propose a generalisation of the algebra of differential operators on which higher-spin diffeomorphisms are well-defined. This work is dedicated to the memory of Christiane Schomblond, who taught several generations of Belgian physicists the formative rigor and delicate beauty of theoretical physics.

scholarly journals AdS (super)projectors in three dimensions and partial masslessness

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hutchings ◽  
Sergei M. Kuzenko ◽  
Michael Ponds
Keyword(s):  
Isometry Group ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Irreducible Representations ◽  
Projection Operators ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Arbitrary Integer ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Casimir Operators ◽  
Massless Fields

Abstract We derive the transverse projection operators for fields with arbitrary integer and half-integer spin on three-dimensional anti-de Sitter space, AdS3. The projectors are constructed in terms of the quadratic Casimir operators of the isometry group SO(2, 2) of AdS3. Their poles are demonstrated to correspond to (partially) massless fields. As an application, we make use of the projectors to recast the conformal and topologically massive higher-spin actions in AdS3 into a manifestly gauge-invariant and factorised form. We also propose operators which isolate the component of a field that is transverse and carries a definite helicity. Such fields correspond to irreducible representations of SO(2, 2). Our results are then extended to the case of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 1 AdS3 supersymmetry.

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